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How aggressive would you be in irradiating asymptomatic bone metastases in a patient with metastatic prostate cancer?

Notably, the patient presented with renal failure due to ureteral obstruction and hydronephrosis, receives hemodialysis, and has limited systemic options due to renal failure and performance status.
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Radiation Oncology · Providence Health, St. Joseph Hospital
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I used to tell patients who were referred to me for asymptomatic bone mets to defer treatment until they began having pain (unless there was an impressive radiographic lesion or concerns of impending pathologic fracture or cord compression). But the multicenter, randomized trial presented at the Ame...

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Radiation Oncology · University of Florida
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Yes, if to avoid a path fracture.

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Medical Oncology · Duke University School of Medicine
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Patients with impaired renal function, even on hemodialysis, can still receive effective therapy for metastatic prostate cancer, including ADT and potent ARSI's such as darolutamide, enzalutamide, abiraterone, and apalutamide, which are largely metabolized in the liver. Choices depend on costs, age,...

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Radiation Oncology · Marshfield Clinic - Rice Lake
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I'd need a bit more clinical information before deciding what to do. For example, if there are only one or two bone mets after some form of definitive therapy, I'd treat them with definitive intent with SBRT for oligometastatic disease.

OTOH, if there are multiple mets, I wouldn't treat them at all ...

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